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Earthjustice Action Statement on Senate Passage of Budget Reconciliation Bill
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, the U.S. Senate passed President Trump’s budget reconciliation bill. Following the vote, Earthjustice Action Vice President of Policy and Legislation Raúl GarcÃa issued the following statement:  “Senate Republicans ignored public outcry from their own constituents and passed an…
Earthjustice Action Statement on Removal of Public Lands Sales from Reconciliation Bill
WASHINGTON, DC—Last night, Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) announced he had dropped his proposal to sell off more than a million acres of public lands from the Republican reconciliation bill. The bill still includes plans for fossil fuel leases and timber…
State Supreme Courts are on the Front Lines of Defense Against Attempts to Roll Back Environmental Protections
By: Coby Dolan, Legislative Director of the Access to Justice Program, Earthjustice Action The Trump administration has challenged, undermined, and even eliminated key environmental protections — from defunding agencies established solely to safeguard people’s health, public lands, and the planet,…
Earthjustice Action Statement on Senate Energy and Natural Resources Reconciliation Bill Text
MEDIA CONTACT: Geoffrey Nolan, gnolan@earthjustice.org WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Republicans released their text of the budget reconciliation bill. The bill includes many of the same giveaways to polluting industries as the House version, opening up millions of…
Earthjustice Action Urges Senators to Rigorously Scrutinize Trump’s Judicial Nominees
WASHINGTON, DC—Today at 10:15AM, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold its first hearing on President Donald Trump’s first slate of judicial nominees. In anticipation of the hearing, Earthjustice Action Legislative Director of the Access to Justice Program Coby Dolan issued…
Trump Is Nominating New Judges for Lifetime Appointments. The Senate has a Constitutional Duty to Rigorously Scrutinize Them
By: Coby Dolan, Legislative Director of the Access to Justice Program, Earthjustice Action Over the first few months of President Trump’s second term, we have witnessed an unprecedented attack on the rule of law, with executive orders, memos, and agency…
Earthjustice Action Statement on House Passage of Republican Megabill
MEDIA CONTACT: Geoffrey Nolan, gnolan@earthjustice.org WASHINGTON, D.C.–Today, the House of Representatives passed the Republican budget reconciliation bill on a party-line vote with only two Republicans opposing. The bill includes sweeping provisions to increase drilling, mining, and logging of our public…
Earthjustice Action Statement on House Natural Resources Committee Reconciliation Bill
MEDIA CONTACT: Geoffrey Nolan, gnolan@earthjustice.org WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, the House Natural Resources Committee will hold a markup of its budget reconciliation bill. The bill includes numerous provisions to expand oil, gas, coal, hardrock mining, and timber production on public lands, expedite…
Earthjustice Action Applauds Reintroduction of the Arctic Refuge Protection Act
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.), House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Penn.) reintroduced the Arctic Refuge Protection Act. The legislation will permanently protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by designating its coastal…
Earthjustice Action Statement on Republicans Voting to Cut Critical Funding
WASHINGTON, DC—Tonight, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on a bill containing deep cuts to non-defense spending—including environmental programs. After the vote, Earthjustice Action Vice President of Policy and Legislation Raúl GarcÃa issued the following statement: “Republicans refuse to stand…